They did this to adhte.tv or whatever that one was last year right before the Super Bowl as well. Adhte was back up via direct IP within a few hours but eventually firstrowsports eclipse it. If they somehow get the .eu link, it will just pop back up. Just Google for it.

I was in a frenzy to watch a Lions game this past fall and in an act of desperation went to that site. I should've worn a condom for protection. My computer and web browser had so much crap loaded onto it by the time I got the write plug-in working. I was madly pressing any "agree" and "OK" button in order to watch the game that I'm not sure what I was doing. Hilarious in hindsight, although I'm still trying to uninstall browser toolbars to this date. Not a fan of this site.

I haven't had cable for 4 years, thanks to the rise of ESPN3. So streaming is useful if for some reason I want to see some NFL action. I'm too lazy to go rig up a pair of bunny ears to feed into my giant monitor, so I just stream it.

My parents actually no longer get ABC ever since broadcast TV went digital (the digital signal has less range and they live in the sticks) so I taught them how to stream for CFB. I just fail to get how someone can broadcast for free over the airwaves but refuse to set up a freaking stream. At least NBC gets it with Sunday Night Football.

I fail to see how my watching a soccer game on a streaming site (which I could not physically get access to anywhere else even if I'm willing to pay) impacts the media conglomerate with the rights to that game in any way whatsoever.

I will admit that I have premium digital and some of the sports packages because I do try to play by the book if I can, but for some games, I still have relied on streaming, or if I wanted to check up on other games while watching another, I have relied on it. Seriously, most polls in the US show football as the #1 sport, and yet, if there is any league that is good at finding ways of jilting fans who don't always have unfettered access to things, it is the NFL.

I'd like to see the sports leagues' and broadcasters' work on how much money they're losing (yeah, I'm not holding my breath). I figure they're losing some money, which may still be a significant amount, but not as much as they claim.

Imagine if the content providers joined the information age and instead of spending money on lawyers, put it towards a robust digital distribution system with reasonable - not overpriced - rates for access (cold day in hell, pigs flying, etc.). Maybe they'd see a net gain.

It will not be more difficult to stream games. The government could do this evey day and never stop new streams from popping up. Internet policing of copyright infringement is an exercise in futility..... quite like the drug war.

While music piracy is still an issue, it nothing like it was pre-itunes when literally everyone was doing it. They just need to come up with more delivery systems like ESPN3 and BTN2GO so people aren't driven to streaming sites.

Giving up on copyright enforcement is idiotic and would simply lead to less televised sports. If these companies don't make enough cash to justify televising games, they simply won't be televised